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25 February, 2012

Finding Vintage Frenchiness...at IKEA!

I was surprised during a recent trip to IKEA to find something I was not expecting at all..a little vintage frenchiness! My daughter and I were on a mission to add cuteness to my grandsons’ playroom and I was just along for the cinnamon rolls…er…fun!

It seems that I have been obsessed with tea towels lately, so you are probably not surprised that these vintage-looking versions caught my eye! And…the best part…they were only 79 cents each! I knew that all that was missing was that wonderful monogram you so often see on antique French linens….and voilà!

Only one problem…I can’t cross-stitch! Sooo…not to be undone, I found a graphic for vintage embroidered monograms at the Graphics Fairy! Karen found them in an antique French monogram book…perfect!

I just had to tweak them a little so that they could be used for iron-on transfers. I removed the blue graph background and flipped them. You may want to crop the letters you want to use and print just those. I printed mine at about one inch by two inches. You may notice that there is no O so you will have to cut the tail off of the Q and create one. Then just follow the package directions to apply them.

Baby Kitty is slipping into the picture to remind me that I still have one more little bit of frenchiness to show you…

…this fabulous pillow! My daughter and I agreed that it just had my name all over it! The style is called EMMIE STRÅ and it was just under $20…including the down insert! Not bad! Doesn’t it look fabulous in my frenchy chair? And isn’t it a wonderful match for the pink and green toile drapes in my Parisian bedroom? Love it!Even the back is fabulous! Love the stripe and the buttons!

All of which just goes to show…if you have frenchiness on the brain, you can find it almost anywhere!

78 comments:

Wow, Debbie, those are beautiful finds! We almost went to Ikea today but I found a sectional at the store we hit just before Ikea. It may have been a good thing that we didn't get there! I'm sure I would have bought quite a bit and never would have gotten around to even looking at sectionals!

You know there will now be a rush at Ikea for those pillows.....I know I will probably end up buying one.....or two :)I was disappointed that they raised the price of the dish towels to 79 cents....I loved them when they were 50 cents....they are the best...

Debbie, these are wonderful Frenchy finds. I do cross stitch, so I think I'm headed to IKEA one day soon. What an amazing price on that pillow. The down inserts along are expensive. All looks fabulous! ~ sarah

Hi Debbie,I always have frenchiness on the brain! I love the tea towels and the added monogram. I can imagine that was tedious cutting out the letters and ironing them on. I always hold my breath when I do this!Baby Kitty is such a good baby to remind Mommie to show us more.I love the pillow, it is so very french!

Omgosh, Ikea!! I love Ikea and now they have just a touch of your Frenchiness there, How wonderful and I love your special touch you added to the tea towel, clever, clever lady!! Love and Miss you,Kathysue

OMGOSH! Those are some wonderful finds! Those tea towels look hand embroidered. Tell the truth now~how MANY did you buy at that price? Did you leave ANY in the store? And that pillow is an absolute steal at that price. It is gorgeous.

We don't have an Ikea within a 4 hour drive and I have never been. I need to make that trip! xo Diana

What great Ikea finds! I will have to see if they have them at the Ikea here in the UK. (Unfortunately whatever the price is usually stays the same, but in pounds instead of dollars. Still a bargain here in the UK.)

Love the pillow and your towels. I know you were so excited to find these pretty things at such good prices. I've only been to Ikea one time as the closest one is hours away. I had such a good time there and would love to go back.

Great, great finds at Ikea!..Unfortunately for me it is more than a 2 hour drive for me (Charlotte)...Really try to get there from time to time and now you have me wanting to make a road trip soon!..I love the towels and the transfer is beautiful...Great pillow!

Debbie, I spotted those just before Christmas and bought several. I might have to add the monogram now that I know The Graphics Fairy has them. I used mine to line and cover the home made rolls I always make for Christmas dinner. They looked great. the rolls tasted great, too!

Debbie!! The tea towels are awesome. I thought you embroidered them. The graphic is fabulous, and the pillow is to die for. Love the stripe on the back,too. Gosh, it's like having two different pillows. Great finds!!

Debbie,Baby Kitty was a great co~hostess to help you save the best for last! I agree...you couldn't have found a more perfect match for your room! The tea towels are great, also! You had a fabulous finds kinda' day, indeed!Fondly,Pat

Hi Debbie, I bought the same towels and made pillows from them. Looks like I'll be adding monograms now. Your monograms turned out wonderful and I love your new pillow. Thanks for linking to my party. Hugs, Sherry

Debbie, Debbie, Debbie, I have a ton of those towels!! I loved them too, and bought them to use as napkins at the ranch. Now I am going to monogram them, as soon as I figure out how to!!! I guess it is an iron on transfer? I guess I need to go read your post again. I'm putting this on the ranch's facebook page!!

Loved them so much that I made the windy trip to Denver's new IKEA. I worked on this simple project last night and I Pinned it today with a link to your blog. Love your blog, thank you so much for inspiring us.

Those are so pretty. Love that you were able to take such a great thrifty find and add such a perfect touch to them. They really did turn out lovely. Thank you for sharing at TTF this week. Have a fun weekend!

I was in Ikea about a year or so ago and noticed the towels and picked up several...at that price you can't go wrong. I love them! I never thought of a monogram on them but it's a fabulous idea! Your pillow is beautiful and perfect with your drapes. Seems like you had a very frenchy day! Hope you are having a great weekend.

You're so creative! I just looked at your Easter Egg post before popping over here to this post. What a great bargain on the towels ... and I really love that pillow, too. Are those toile curtains I see in the background? Love toile! Love your kitties ... they steal the show! :)

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